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Pathogen survival during livestock manure storage and following
land application

Bioresource Technology
Volume 96, Issue 2 , January 2005, Pages 135-143

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2004.02.030


Fiona A. Nicholson, Simon J. Groves and Brian J. Chambers

ADAS Gleadthorpe Research Centre, Meden Vale, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire UK

  
Abstract

This paper reports the first year results of field experiments to
determine the survival times of pathogens in livestock manures
during storage and following land application, using viable count
methods. E. coli O157, Salmonella and Campylobacter survived
in stored slurries and dirty water for up to three months, with
Listeria surviving for up to three months. In contrast, all these
pathogens survived for less than one month in solid manure heaps
where temperatures greater than 55 °C were obtained. Following
manure spreading to land, E. coli O157, Salmonella and
Campylobacter generally survived in the soil for up to one month
after application to both the sandy arable and clay loam grassland
soils, whereas Listeria commonly survived for more than one month.
These data are being used to develop guidelines on the management
of manures to minimise the risks of pathogen transfer from animal
manures to the human food chain.

Author Keywords: Pathogens; Livestock manures; Storage;
Land application

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